Ordinance 3443-15 - Laserfiche WebLink

5. Marijuana retailers may not locate within 1,000 feet of any parcel containing an elementary or secondary school, playground, recreation center or facility, child care center, public park, public transit center, or library, or any game arcade admission to which is not restricted to persons aged twenty-one years or older; 6. Marijuana retailers may not locate within 2,500 feet of any other legally established marijuana retailer; 7. Customer parking for marijuana retailers must be on the public street side of the structure in which the marijuana retailer is located and may not be off of or adjacent to an alley. However, staff parking and business deliveries may occur on the alley side of the structure; 8. Vehicular access to the parking lot for a marijuana retailer shall be from the public street frontage and may not be from an alley. Any property located on a street from which vehicular access to the site from the street is prohibited by the City Engineer shall not be allowed for use as a marijuana retailer; 9. Marijuana retailers shall not be allowed on any parcel containing a residential use; 10. Marijuana retailers shall not be allowed on any parcel that is contiguous to a parcel containing residential use, unless the Planning Director, using Review Process II as described in EMC Title 15, finds the following: a. There is a physical separation between the two uses, such as another commercial building, or a substantial change in topography; b. The retail use is located in a shopping center as one of multiple tenants with adequate parking for all uses and access as stated above; c. The building in which the retail use is located faces the commercial street and the residential use faces a residential street in the opposite direction, without a shared alley between the two; d. The residential use is located at least 100 feet from the common lot line between the two uses. 11. In reviewing a proposed marijuana retailer under this section, the Planning Director shall have the authority to require improvements including, but not limited to fencing or landscaping to screen the retail use from the residential use. 12. The front fagade of retail stores shall consist of storefront window(s), doors, and durable, quality building materials consistent with the design standards of the zone in which the property is located. Transparency requirements for windows shall apply unless in conflict with Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board regulations. If located in a zone without design standards, at least three of the following shall be provided: a. Special treatment of windows and doors, other than standard metal molding/framing details, around all ground floor windows and doors, decorative glazing, or door designs. Page 4 of 7